This Christmas, Mumbai gets first AC local train: Know route, fare and other details.The Maximum city got its first suburban air-conditioned (AC) local train on Christmas Day, December 25. Initially, the AC local is slated to run in the Churchgate-Borivali stretch and will later extend to Virar.
Mumbai's first AC local train was flagged off on Monday from the Borivali station by Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde after 10.30 am.
From January 1, 2018, the train will run from Ch...

Good news! Mumbai commuters to get air-conditioned locals from Dec 25.After years of debates, speculation and planning, the Railways will unveil the first airconditioned suburban trains for Mumbai commuters from Monday, December 25 - - 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said.
The pre-New Year bonanza will see the first AC local leaving Andheri on Western Railway at 2.10 p.m. and reaching Churchgate at 2.44 pm....

Post-Doklam, India, China commit to resolve boundary issues.Several months after the peaceful resolution of the Doklam stand-off, Special Representatives of India and China on Friday held 'positive and focused' talks here on the long-drawn boundary question and agreed on the need to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas.
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart State Councillor Yang Jiechi Yang Jiechi held 20th...

Dense fog in Delhi, 30 trains delayed, 15 cancelled; air quality remains 'severe'.At least 30 trains were delayed and nearly 15 were cancelled after a thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital and adjoining areas on Thursday morning.
In addition, as many as 11 trains were rescheduled by the Indian Railways due to foggy weather.
The train routes were affected due to low visibility and other operational reasons.
"There was dense fog in the morning reducing the...

Narendra Modi wishes Rahul Gandhi 'fruitful tenure' as Congress president, Rahul thanks PM.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Rahul Gandhi on his elevation as Congress president and wished him a fruitful tenure.
Rahul was elected unopposed as the Congress chief, party's central election authority head Mullappally Ramachandran announced on Monday.
The CEA received a total of 89 nomination papers proposing Rahul's name for the top post. All the nomination papers we...

Rahul Gandhi likely to be declared as Congress president today.Rahul Gandhi is expected to be named as Congress president on Monday. However, the Gandhi scion will officially take over the reins from his mother Sonia Gandhi on December 16.
The announcement of Rahul Gandhi's elevation is likely to be made today, the last date of withdrawal of nomination for the election of the Congress president which is a one horse race.
Altogether 89 nominations receiv...

Withdraw 'autocratic' order cancelling Max Hospital licence, DMA tells Delhi govt.The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday seeking the withdrawal of its "irrational and autocratic" order cancelling the licence of Max Super Specialty Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, and threatened to go on a strike.
In its letter, marked also to Health Minister Satyender Jain, the doctors' body said that the government should wait for the report of the...

Senior citizen arrested for clicking women's photos in metro.A 65-year-old man has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly clicking photographs of women clandestinely in a metro train here, police said.
N Narasimha, a retired employee of the education department, was apprehended by the police's "She Team" which is entrusted with looking into cases of eve-teasing and stalking, police said.
"He was found "capturing" photographs of women and girls seated...

India's largest makerspace to come up in Hyderabad in 2018.India`s largest makerspace, a prototyping and design centre, will come up here next year and will have equipment worth over $20 million, Telangana`s Industry Minister KT Rama Rao announced here on Tuesday.
To be known as T-Works, the facility will come up over 250,00 square feet with many partners offering their software tools and equipment.
Modelled on the lines of makerspaces in other coun...

Cyclone Ockhi not a national calamity, but aid reaching people, says Centre.Cyclone Ockhi, which wrecked havoc in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, cannot be declared a national calamity, but all necessary assistance is being provided to tackle the situation, the Centre said on Sunday.
On Saturday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had requested the centre to declare Ockhi a national calamity in view of the hardships faced by the people.
At least 12 people ha...